Remembering the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were successful in bringing change to American society. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. While the Voting Rights Act 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented African Americans […]

War in Ukraine

Reflecting on the Cuban missile crisis, President John Kennedy once warned that nuclear powers “must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war. The showdown with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine does not yet mirror the one-minute-to-midnight brinkmanship that brought the Soviet Union […]